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New! Appian AI Skill Badge

Lily Zhang — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:33:06 GMT

Calling all developers!

Earn the Appian AI Skill Badge to demonstrate your knowledge of Appian AI concepts and implementation. The exam is based on coursework from the Appian AI learning path, and tutorials and resources from Appian Documentation.

This Skill Badge is aimed at developers who have already earned the Associate Developer certification and have 6+ months of hands-on experience with Appian projects.

Skill Badges allow you to showcase your expertise to the Appian Community through short, topic-focused exams on Academy Online. These exams are free, non-proctored, and a great way to highlight your skills. More information about skill badges here.

Enroll here!

Questions? Please reach out to academyonline@appian.com.

New Appian AI Courses on Academy Online!

Devon Lee — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:09:06 GMT

Explore our newest Appian AI courses and elevate your developer expertise with AI agents, AI skills, prompting, smart search, and more.

Browse all courses here.

New! Appian Integrations Skill Badge

Katherine Guenoun — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:48:21 GMT

Earn the Integrations Skill Badge to demonstrate your ability to build and configure integrations, including web APIs, connected systems, authentication, and security. This badge is intended for developers with an Associate Developer certification and at least 6 months of hands-on Appian project experience. The exam is based on the Integrations (Senior Developer) learning path and Appian Documentation resources.

Skill Badges allow you to showcase your expertise to the Appian Community through short, topic-focused exams on Academy Online. These exams are free, non-proctored, and a great way to highlight your skills. More information about skill badges here.

Enroll here!

Questions? Please reach out to academyonline@appian.com.

Compete in the Appian World 2026 Live Build Challenge!

Devon Lee — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:14:53 GMT

The Appian World Live Build Challenge is back for its 6th year! This crowd favorite showcases developer skill and speed using the Appian Platform. Apply now for a chance to compete for a $15,000 prize and eternal glory. Selected participants will receive a free conference pass and hotel stay.

Think you have what it takes? Apply here by 5:00 PM ET on February 20, 2026.

New Online Course! Agent Studio: Create Your First AI Agent

Katherine Guenoun — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:34:09 GMT

Agent Studio is a powerful new way to automate dynamic and open-ended tasks. By combining the power of generative AI with your data fabric and processes, you can build agents that reason through complex steps and take action automatically.

Enroll in Agent Studio: Create Your First AI Agent to learn how to:

Configure an AI agent with specific goals, instructions, and tools.
Test and monitor agent reasoning and performance.
Embed your agent into a process model using the Execute AI Agent smart service.

This course features an optional hands-on exercise.

Enroll here!

If you have questions, please reach out to academyonline@appian.com.

Be a Speaker at DevCon 2026!

Devon Lee — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:32:32 GMT

Calling All Appian Developers! Ready to share your expertise and inspire the Appian Community? We’re looking for Appian developers to lead sessions at DevCon at Appian World 2026, taking place April 27–29 in Orlando, FL. Step into the spotlight and help your peers take their skills to the next level by sharing your experience, insights, and best practices.

Why should you apply to be a speaker?

Complimentary registration to DevCon and Appian World 2026
Three nights of accommodation at the conference location
Expand your professional network and connect with fellow developers
Enhance your presentation skills and advance your career

Apply here! Applications due January 16th at 5:00 PM EST.

Survey: Share Your Experience with Appian Composer!

Maddie Bowers — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:10:25 GMT

Are you a developer who uses Appian Composer? If so, we would love your input! Share the top ways you’ve used it by completing this brief questionnaire.

Haven’t used Composer yet? Watch this video to learn more!

youtu.be/Z7s8cmmIzcI

2025 Appian Developer Sentiment Survey: The Results Are In!

Devon Lee — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:11:39 GMT

The results are in, and we’re excited to share what our developer community had to say about their Appian experience this year. Participation has doubled compared to last year, and the findings speak for themselves: nearly 90% of developers would recommend Appian, reporting high career satisfaction and growing enthusiasm for certification across the community.

Check out our blog post to explore the full findings and share the highlights with your Appian network.

Want to help shape next year’s results? Join Appian Community today!

New Online Course for Developers: Configure Case Management Studio

Maddie Bowers — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:48:14 GMT

We're excited to announce the release of a new online course on Academy Online: Configure Case Management Studio. The course is the latest addition to the Appian Case Management Studio Learning Path.

This new course reflects the major updates in Case Management Studio 2.0. You’ll learn how to:

Configure the control panel object
Extend the Case Management Studio data model
Manage groups and configure security
Create custom task types and automations
Prepare for smooth upgrades, and more!

Click here to enroll in Configure Case Management Studio on Academy Online!

New Online Course! Monitor and Troubleshoot Your Appian Design Objects

Maddie Bowers — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:08:32 GMT

Our Appian applications are composed of many design objects working together. But what happens when they don't?

Our new online course, Monitor and Troubleshoot Your Appian Design Objects, is here to help. This training dives into the Health Dashboard and teaches you how to investigate and resolve common issues across Data, Processes, and Rules. Learn to proactively identify and resolve common issues in your Appian applications, ensuring they run smoothly and provide a great user experience.

Enroll in the course on Academy Online to sharpen your debugging skills and build more resilient, high-performing applications.

New Working with Data in Appian Online Courses are Available!

Maddie Bowers — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:20:06 GMT

Explore the new "Work with Data in Appian" learning path on Academy Online! Learn key skills for working with data in Appian, including data design best practices, expanding your data fabric by connecting to external data, and building on record type fundamentals.

This learning path is for Appian developers who have completed the Appian Developer learning path and want to dig deeper into data-related topics.

In this learning path, you will learn to:

Design a data model by applying best practices for data modeling in Appian,
Use a record type to connect to a web service,
Build an AI-ready data fabric, and
Manage data that is synced in Appian

If you have questions about these materials, please reach out to academyonline@appian.com.

Appian 25.3 Release Highlights Livestream

Devon Lee — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:38:30 GMT

Appian delivers process automation powered by enterprise AI, empowering organizations to design, automate, and optimize business processes through a unified platform for process orchestration, automation, and intelligence. This latest release, 25.3, introduces significant advancements and exciting features across the platform, including highlights on AI Smart Search, AI for self-managed environments, High-throughput data fabric, Generalized async loading for SAIL UIs.

Join our team of Appian experts as they delve into the key highlights of this release. Tune in to see Appian 25.3 in action and engage with the experts by asking your questions.

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Learn with Experts Livestream: Streamline Document Management With Records

Devon Lee — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:24:37 GMT

Join Appian experts for an in-depth livestream on the new Document record type. We'll show you how to convert an existing case management application from using folder-based document management to record type document management. Discover the advantages of this new feature and how to integrate your documents into your data fabric.

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Learn with Experts Livestream: Building a Smarter Data Fabric for AI

Devon Lee — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:50:28 GMT

Join Appian experts for an in-depth livestream on maximizing value from Appian's Data Fabric and AI tools. We'll explore key strategies and best practices to implement during development, ensuring you leverage these powerful features to their fullest potential. Whether you're new to Appian or looking to refine your approach, learn how to optimize your projects for success. We'll dive into practical applications, share insider tips, and answer your questions live. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your development skills and harness the full power of Appian's Data Fabric and AI capabilities!

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Appian 25.2 Release Highlights Livestream

Devon Lee — Tue, 13 May 2025 23:12:47 GMT

Appian delivers process automation powered by enterprise AI, empowering organizations to design, automate, and optimize business processes through a unified platform for process orchestration, automation, and intelligence. This latest release, 25.2, introduces significant advancements and exciting features across the platform, including highlights on the new AI Document Center, document record type, smart search preview, and the agent studio beta.

Join our team of Appian experts as they delve into the key highlights of this release. Tune in to see Appian 25.2 in action and engage with the experts by asking your questions.

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Appian Skill Badges: Earn & Showcase Your Knowledge!

Maddie Bowers — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:16:09 GMT

Introducing Appian Skill Badges! Build your knowledge across Appian and showcase what you’ve learned by passing free, un-proctored exams on specific topics. Earn badges, share them with your network, and advance your career.

Academy Online launched Skill Badges for three areas of expertise: UX Design, Data Design, and Appian Government Acquisitions Management Fundamentals. Stay tuned for more badges launching later this year.

Click here to explore the program!

New! UX Design Lab | Submit Your UI by April 30, 2025

Devon Lee — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:36:06 GMT

Appian UX Design Lab is back! This YouTube livestream series is designed for low-code developers looking to sharpen their UX design skills with hands-on feedback from Appian UX experts. Our next session will focus on grids—key components for presenting data clearly and enabling seamless user interactions. Join us for a live review where we’ll explore best practices for designing intuitive, user-friendly interfaces containing grids.

Livestream Date: May 8, 2025 | 11:00 AM EST
Topic: Designing with Grids

What's in it for you?

Get Expert Feedback: Selected submissions will receive a live UX review from Appian’s design experts, with opportunities for real-time Q&A.
Earn a Badge: All participants will be recognized with the UX Design Lab Participant badge on their Appian Community profile.

How to participate:

Develop your UI in Appian Community Edition
Submit your UI link using this form by 4/30: https://ap.pn/4iNKWlh
Join the livestream on May 8th for expert insights and live Q&A

Appian World 2025 Live Build Challenge - Applications Open!

Devon Lee — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:10:55 GMT

The Appian World Live Build Challenge is back for its 5th year! This crowd favorite showcases developer skill and speed using the Appian Platform. This year, six developers will compete for a $15,000 prize and eternal glory. Selected participants will receive a free conference pass and hotel stay.

Think you have what it takes? Apply by February 21st.

New Academy Online Course: Connect to Web Services with Record Types

Maddie Bowers — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:52:42 GMT

Academy Online is excited to announce a new course for developers about service-backed record types!

Your enterprise data is likely spread across different systems that you need to connect. In this course, you’ll learn how to create a record type that uses a web service as its source to access your external data in Appian. You’ll learn about the design objects you’ll use and wrap up the course with a hands-on exercise to build your own service-backed record type.

Click here to enroll in Connect to Web Services with Record Types on Academy Online.

New! UX Design Lab | Submit Your UI by January 8th

Devon Lee — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 20:03:53 GMT

Appian UX Design Lab is a YouTube livestream series where you can get live feedback from Appian UX design experts. Submit your interface for a chance to be featured in a live review and ask questions directly to the experts, or join us to learn from our experts as they provide actionable UX/UI design feedback.

The next episode will air on January 16th, and will focus on the color use. A well-defined color scheme can improve the readability of landing pages and dashboards, highlight calls to action, and stimulate interactions in a less intrusive manner. For this round of UX design lab, please submit a landing page or dashboard that uses color to highlight key information or encourage a specific interaction.

What's in it for you?

Submit Your Design: Create or replicate a UI in the Appian Community Edition environment, and then share the link to your work by going to https://ap.pn/41foJH5.
Get Expert Feedback: Selected applicants will receive a live UX review from one of Appian’s expert UX Designers and be able to ask questions in chat.
Earn a Badge: All participants will be recognized with the UX Design Lab Participant badge on their Community profile.

How to participate:

Develop your UI in Appian Community Edition
Submit your UI link using this form by January 8th: https://ap.pn/41foJH5
Join the live consultation and Q&A on January 16th

Appian 24.4 Release Highlights Livestream

Devon Lee — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:01:47 GMT

Appian delivers process automation powered by enterprise AI. We help organizations design, automate, and optimize business processes with a unified platform for process orchestration, automation, and intelligence. This release, Appian 24.4, welcomes Appian Autoscale and new updates to the Appian Platform for process automation, data fabric, enterprise AI, and more.

Join our team of Appian experts as they dig into highlights from the release. Tune in to see Appian 24.4 in action and ask the experts your questions.

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For Partners: Government Acquisition Management learning journey

Maddie Bowers — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:55:47 GMT

For partners focused on government sales, the new Government Acquisition Management (GAM) learning journey offers essential resources to help you deliver Appian’s government acquisition management solution.

In the learning journey, you'll find our collection of training for Appian Solutions, implementation resources, and just-in-time resources for developers.

Explore the Government Acquisition Management learning journey in the partner resource library!

Learn with Experts Livestream: Unlock AI Potential in Appian with 11 AI Skills

Devon Lee — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:21:52 GMT

Join Appian experts to learn how you can unlock AI potential using Appian’s latest generative AI skills. In this livestream, you'll see how Appian’s pre-built prompts streamline a wide range of AI-driven tasks, making automation easier than ever. Our experts will showcase real-world use cases, answer your questions, and explore how these AI skills are being implemented across industries. Don’t miss this opportunity to see Appian AI skills in action!

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UX Design Lab Livestream Series

Devon Lee — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:20:02 GMT

Introducing Appian UX Design Lab, a new YouTube series where you can get live feedback from Appian UX design experts. Submit your interface for a chance to be featured in a live review, or simply join us to learn from our experts as they provide actionable UX/UI design feedback.

The first episode will air on October 17th, and will focus on building information-dense dashboards and case summary UIs. These UIs are crucial for app users to find the right information quickly, so it’s important to design them intentionally. Sharpen your dashboard skills by submitting your UI for a live review!

What’s in it for you?

Submit Your Design: Create or replicate a sample dashboard or case summary UI in the Appian Community Edition, and then share the link to your UI at https://ap.pn/3X2HQRZ.
Get Expert Feedback: Selected designs will receive a live UX review from one of Appian’s UX experts, with opportunities to ask questions in chat.
Earn a Badge: All participants will receive the UX Design Lab Participant badge on their Appian Community profile.

How to Participate

Develop your design in Appian Community Edition.
Submit the link to your UI on the UX Design Lab page by October 4th.

Appian 24.3 Product Announcement Webinar

Devon Lee — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:12:46 GMT

Join Appian product experts as they walk through the latest features and enhancements in the Appian Platform.

We’ll demo new features, provide examples of how you can put them to work in your apps and processes, and present opportunities to participate in new beta programs.